People represent an important component for any kind of organization (public/ private, for profit/ not for profit, incumbent/ emergent) in terms of both their economic and technical impact.

While supervisors, managers, and top managers have a significant responsibility in the day-by-day management of people, the HR functions provides a vision, shared frameworks, and tools to ensure that people are treated with fairness. Understanding its role and practical implications is a necessity to make sure it can contribute to business goals